3781.03
Enforcement - supervision - records.

(A)
The
state fire marshal, the fire chief of a municipal corporation that has a fire
department, or the fire chief of a township that has a fire department shall
enforce the provisions of this chapter and Chapter 3791. of the Revised Code
that relate to fire prevention.

(B)
The
superintendent of industrial compliance, or the building inspector
or commissioner of buildings in a municipal corporation, county, or township in
which the building department is certified by the board of building standards
under section
3781.10 of the Revised Code shall
enforce in the jurisdiction of each entity all the provisions in this chapter
and Chapter 3791. of the Revised Code and any rules adopted pursuant to those
chapters that relate to the construction, arrangement, and erection of all
buildings or parts of buildings, as defined in section
3781.06 of the Revised Code,
including the sanitary condition of those buildings in relation to heating and
ventilation.

(C)
The
division of industrial compliance in the department of commerce,
boards of health of health districts, certified departments of building
inspection of municipal corporations, and county building departments that have
authority to perform inspections pursuant to a contract under division (C)(1)
of section
3703.01 of the Revised Code,
subject to Chapter 3703. of the Revised Code, shall enforce this chapter and
Chapter 3791. of the Revised Code and the rules adopted pursuant to those
chapters that relate to plumbing. Building drains are considered plumbing for
the purposes of enforcement of those chapters.

(1)
In accordance with Chapter 3703. of the
Revised Code, the department of the city engineer, in cities having such
departments, the boards of health of health districts, or the sewer purveyor,
as appropriate, shall have complete authority to supervise and regulate the
entire sewerage and drainage system in the jurisdiction in which it is
exercising the authority described in this division, including the building
sewer and all laterals draining into the street sewers.

(2)
In
accordance with Chapter 3703. of the Revised Code, the department of the city
engineer, the boards of health of health districts, or the sewer purveyor, as
appropriate, shall control and supervise the installation and construction of
all drains and sewers that become a part of the sewerage system and shall issue
all the necessary permits and licenses for the construction and installation of
all building sewers and of all other lateral drains that empty into the main
sewers. The department of the city engineer, the boards of health of health
districts, and the sewer purveyor, as appropriate, shall keep a permanent
record of the installation and location of every drain and sewer of the
drainage and sewerage system of the jurisdiction in which it has exercised the
authority described in this division.

(E)
This
section does not exempt any officer or department from the obligation to
enforce this chapter and Chapter 3791. of the Revised Code.